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The Goldhill Mining District
October 2001 by Sam E. Phifer, P.G.
Following the initial discovery of gold in North Carolina in 1799 on the Reed Plantation in Cabarrus County, gold was found in about 1842 in Rowan County at a locality that soon acquired the name Gold Hill.Ask the Experts
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